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thisemailfindsyou.bsky.social I Hope This Email Finds You @thisemailfindsyou.bsky.social · 7d
I hope this email finds you well, and enjoying this beautiful weather we are having.
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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biketrouble.bsky.social
once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
cari1.bsky.social
little cat dude is back at the hospital for his stomach ulcers, just in time for a weekend of severe weather which is either gonna cost me a fortune in weekend care or force me to nurse him over said weekend with no access to the emergency vet 😐
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 11d
little cat dude’s biopsies are finally back (turns out they’ve been back for a week, no one had time to call 🙃), nothing looks like cancer (although this was just an upper GI scope so it still doesn’t fully rule it out). His steroids might be starting to help but he still feels pretty icky 😔
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 18d
still waiting on cat dude’s biopsies, I’m the one who’s a bit flattened now because fitting his feedings in around my work schedule is making it hard to get more than 5 hours sleep 😴
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
cari1.bsky.social
little cat dude’s biopsies are finally back (turns out they’ve been back for a week, no one had time to call 🙃), nothing looks like cancer (although this was just an upper GI scope so it still doesn’t fully rule it out). His steroids might be starting to help but he still feels pretty icky 😔
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 18d
still waiting on cat dude’s biopsies, I’m the one who’s a bit flattened now because fitting his feedings in around my work schedule is making it hard to get more than 5 hours sleep 😴
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 22d
little guy is absolutely flattened from his stay in the hospital, but he likes his feeding tube a lot better than me pestering him to eat when he really doesn’t want to. now we wait for his biopsy report
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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ok.glass
Sunday morning. Time for church:

BIRDBRAIN by @jamies.page performed by OK GLASS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FY0...
BIRDBRAIN (by JAMIE PAIGE & KASANE TETO) performed by OK GLASS
YouTube video by OK GLASS
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January 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
cari1.bsky.social
I may have treated myself to a collectible circle of the album I have been enjoying for months, someday I will have a machine to play my circle collection on
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
cari1.bsky.social
still waiting on cat dude’s biopsies, I’m the one who’s a bit flattened now because fitting his feedings in around my work schedule is making it hard to get more than 5 hours sleep 😴
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 22d
little guy is absolutely flattened from his stay in the hospital, but he likes his feeding tube a lot better than me pestering him to eat when he really doesn’t want to. now we wait for his biopsy report
A half-asleep cream point short hair cat, lying on towels and blankets in a beanbag. He is wearing a navy and white checkered collar with a loop of clear tubing poking out of it, which is his feeding tube. He looks comfortable
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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xkcd.com
Planetary Alignment

xkcd.com/3192/
4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 with ponytail: The inspection revealed a few problems. Looks like your planet needs an alignment. PERSON 2: Oh? (2) PERSON 1: Yeah, your magnetic axis is 400 miles off-center from your rotational one. PERSON 2: Is that bad? (3) PERSON 1: The unbalanced magnetic field could cause radiation anomalies over the South Atlantic. Have you noticed any spacecraft equipment failures in that area? PERSON 2: There *have* been a few, actually. (4) PERSON 1: We can give you a loaner planet while yours is in the shop. Is a gas giant OK? PERSON 2: I’d *really* prefer a solid surface. PERSON 1: Sorry, it’s all we have. But it’ll just be for a few days.
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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ok.glass
I've been asked to put this up for download. Ok okglass.bandcamp.com/album/birdbr...
Birdbrain, by OK Glass
2 track album
okglass.bandcamp.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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cryptidchicken.bsky.social
Slightly Diminish a Game:
- Back-Alley Fighter
- Super Mario 62.5
- Kingdom Kidneys
- Pokemon Zirconium
- Dance Dance Strongly Worded Letter of Protest
- Metal Gear Turgid
- Roller Coaster Manager
- Fortessvania
- Ukulele Hero
- Schmucktales
- Tarsier Island
- Donkey Kong County
eldritchanchovy.bsky.social Pumpkin spice horchata @eldritchanchovy.bsky.social · 21d
Slightly diminish a game:

Where in San Diego is Carmen Sandiego?
nome.bsky.social Nome @nome.bsky.social · 21d
Slightly diminish a game:

Silverware in the Dark
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
cari1.bsky.social
little guy is absolutely flattened from his stay in the hospital, but he likes his feeding tube a lot better than me pestering him to eat when he really doesn’t want to. now we wait for his biopsy report
A half-asleep cream point short hair cat, lying on towels and blankets in a beanbag. He is wearing a navy and white checkered collar with a loop of clear tubing poking out of it, which is his feeding tube. He looks comfortable
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
cari1.bsky.social
cat dude is staying another night at the hospital, but I got to visit him for a bit today. here he is slightly stoned on his pain meds and sporting some sparkle hearts in post to cover up his personal info collar lol
a cream point short haired cat relaxing on a towel. The cat has very dilated pupils. There is a row of sparkle hearts pasted into the photo across his neck
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
cari1.bsky.social
everything in my fridge is open cans of cat food.

(not kidding, there are five open cans of cat food, two jars of cat-appropriate baby food and a packet of gravy topper)
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM
cari1.bsky.social
cat is staying overnight, tomorrow he’s seeing the internal medicine docs… so far we’ve established that he has either lymphoma or one of several IBD-type syndromes, but his lymph node aspirates came back as not cancer-like so that is potentially positive

my house is too quiet
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · 25d
cat’s at the local teaching hospital for workup, since he still isn’t eating… cross your fingers for the not-worst-case findings please 🤞
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
cari1.bsky.social
cat’s at the local teaching hospital for workup, since he still isn’t eating… cross your fingers for the not-worst-case findings please 🤞
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
cari1.bsky.social
transdermal meds that make your cat really want you to hold and cuddle them are… interesting. trying not to put myself on a low dose of mirtazipine by accident lol
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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scalzi.com
TODAY'S OBSCURE GRAMMATICAL CHALLENGE

Make a band subjunctive

Would That They Were Giants
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
cari1.bsky.social
So the cat’s thyroid values are bang-on normal and it looks most like IBD so that’s how we’re treating him at the moment. He’s decided that all foods he’s tasted before are bad and evil so it’s been a real fun few days
cari1.bsky.social cari @cari1.bsky.social · Jan 2
We’re doing stress-induced unmasking of chronic cat illness post-holiday petsitting I guess 😔 apparently my cat lost 3 pounds since July without my noticing (and got sick on the last day of my travel). His vet suspects hyperthyroid and I hope she’s right because that’s pretty treatable
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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xkcd.com
Anyone Else Here

xkcd.com/3188/
Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
cari1.bsky.social
We’re doing stress-induced unmasking of chronic cat illness post-holiday petsitting I guess 😔 apparently my cat lost 3 pounds since July without my noticing (and got sick on the last day of my travel). His vet suspects hyperthyroid and I hope she’s right because that’s pretty treatable
January 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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ok.glass
NEW HAMPSHIRE by JOHN LINNELL played by OK GLASS

I don't know if I can explain why I did this, apart from knowing that it would work

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5uU...
NEW HAMPSHIRE by JOHN LINNELL played by OK GLASS
YouTube video by OK GLASS
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January 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
cari1.bsky.social
I wish a two hour plane ride wasn’t a nine hour day of travel. glad I am still off work and get to hibernate tomorrow 😴
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
cari1.bsky.social
thought i was maybe gonna miss my flight bc of the hour i lost to crazy highway slowdowns today, but no… I’m flying a cheap-ass airline that’s never on time so no need to worry 👏
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM